Emile-Antoine BourdelleFrench, 1861–1929Antiquity: Centaur With a Genius
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Antiquity: Centaur With a Genius” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1930.322
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
The whole life1884–1929 · Workplace
Paris
1909
“Hercules the Archer” shown at the Salon
In 1909 Bourdelle exhibited a new work, “Hercules the Archer”, at the annual Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. The statue’s desperate tension and dynamism stay within the frontality of ancient art and echo the Heracles from the pediment of the Temple of Aphaia on Aegina, around 500 BC.
1909
Employed by: Académie de la Grande Chaumière
1909–1929
Twenty years of teaching at the Grande Chaumière
From 1909 to 1929 Bourdelle taught at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière; his students included Germaine Richier, Alberto Giacometti, Margaret Cossaceanu, Isaac Frenkel and Adaline Kent.
1912–1914
Vera Mukhina comes to study with him
In 1912–1914 the outstanding Russian sculptor Vera Mukhina studied with Bourdelle at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and took a great deal from her teacher.
1913
Takes part in the Armory Show in New York
In 1913 Bourdelle took part in the Armory Show in New York.
